4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Outstanding. This is a wonderful example of the style. Very complex but balanced flavor invites you to keep sipping. This would make an excellent session ale.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
500ml bottle. Pours an opaque dark brown, with a creamy off-white head and excellent lacing. The nose is all malt, mixing milk chocolate with some darker nutty notes, and barely a trace of hops. They appear in abundance, however, as one begins to taste the beer. Spicy, peppery hops introduce it, progressing through a sweetish lemon hint to a nice malty body, with milk chocolate and coffee flavours present. It finishes with a lovely whack of bitter cocoa. There is a brief lemon aftertaste. This is a delightful beer. The more one drinks it, the more complexities emerge, creating a multi-layered masterpiece of brewing.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle 500ml. Exceptional. Aroma has caramel, apple, nuts, and cask. Sweet flavour with bitter notes, long duration. Creamy palate, and full body. Dark brown colour, with a frothy head.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very smooth, yet strong better. One of the best in the genre I’ve had. Rated 5/9/04
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Tasted from 1 pt 9oz bottle into nonic pint glass. It poured a dark reddish brown color with some chill haze (not sure if it was bottle fermented) with thin but persistent off-white foam and good lacing. Strong bready, malty aroma with First Gold hops: earthy, woodsy, resiny, mildly citrusy (same strain used by St Peters Organic Ale) with exquisitely fruity ale yeast esters: plums, apricots, raisins, cranberries. No trace of the elevated alcohol percentage. Profoundly rich and complex malt sweetness: toast, toffee, raisin bread, fruitcake, creamy chocolate, plum syrup, figgy pudding. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Full, creamy, and "chewy" mouthfeel with a long-lasting tangy aftertaste which eventually finished fairly dry. A classic, memorable example of Strong English Ale, with distinctly English hops, malt-bill and yeast profile. Just awesome.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bardzo dobry w smaku, treściwy napój. Kolor rubinowo brązowy, machoniowy. Piana mocna choć powoli powstaje podczas nalewania. Zapach złożony. Słodycz miesza się z mocą alkoholową.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Smells and looks fantastic. Flows nicely. A caramel-aroma head. A very good beer. Medium heaviness but a nice flavor. A little hoppy graininess near the end. Excellent.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
Brown, malty rich, heartwarming, bangers and mash style bitter.....makes me want to wear a paded elbow sportscoat.
4.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
Strong yet full bodied, one of the best beers ive ever tasted.
PS. What do Yanks and Scandinavians know about real beer?!
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Broadside is the srongest and most gutsy of the Adnams easily available beers. Not often seen on draft outside the delightful Suffolk seaside town where it’s brewed, broadsides’ strenght and character mean two pints is just enough! Particularly pleasant in winter time, although it’s not specifically a winter brew. Bottled tends to be a trifle gassy, but gorgeous nontheless. Do yourself a favour, rent a beach hut at Southwold, buy some fish and chips and curl up with a broadside or two. Wonderful.
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